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Ricky Grasso Joins Park Assist as a Marketing Assistant
Ricky Grasso has joined Park Assist as a Marketing Assistant. In this internship role, he will support the Global Marketing Manager Alex Gizhitsa with trade show planning, inventory logistics, internal communications, dashboard maintenance, and social media programs. Ricky has had experience in the marketing field in a variety of platforms ranging from the performing arts, to the medical field and non-profit. In his previous internship at St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation, Ricky developed creative collateral through Adobe InDesign, organized and executed events for a large constituency, and created documents for internal usage.
Currently, he is finishing his final semester of his Master’s in Business Administration with a Marketing focus at the University of Bridgeport. Besides interning and attending classes, he also teaches and directs marching band organizations on a local and national scale, and works in the office of alumni and family engagement at the University of Bridgeport. Ricky enjoys working out at his CrossFit gym, traveling, and playing the trumpet. Ricky is very much looking forward being a part of the Park Assist Team.
“Ricky brings a level of knowledge, energy, enthusiasm and work ethic to our team that is crucially important to maintain a dynamic accommodating department. I am very excited to have him joining us for the next 5 months and hope that our team will provide Ricky with real life hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, as well as professional knowledge that will allow him to stay ahead of his peers, and be star graduate with a stellar career in the future,” said Alex Gizhitsa, Global Marketing Manager.